Backline Live, a popular nightclub in Guildford, may have been saved from closure after a potential investor made a last-minute approach. The club had been due to open for the final time on Saturday 21 April as the current tenants are facing a 350 per cent increase in rent, raising the monthly bill from £1,000 to £3,500 for the premises.Read more...
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SOCIETIES»Over the Easter break, Surrey Video Gaming Society (SVGS) hosted the biggest LAN Party at this university so far, in University HHHall. A huge mix of games were played, including Counter Strike: Source, Battlefield 2, Starcraft 2, Team Fortress 2 and Command and Conquer Generals.Read more...
SCIENCE & TECH»A study to compare the jumping ability of Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea) vs Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea) has been completed. The results showed that the average a cat flea was able to jump was 19.Read more...
ARTS»Wrecking Ball In certain respects, the album serves as a reminder of Springsteen's classic years. Driving anthems like the title song and 'We Take Care of Our Own', combining eclectic instrumentation with blue collar themes, could fit quite comfortably in spirit alongside Although generally more in line with such enduring yet more commercially accessible albums of his as Nevertheless, there are several manners in which Wrecking BallWrecking Ball could have proven more appreciable.Read more...
SPORTS»With deadlines looming, and exams slowly but surely creeping their way in, it’s very easy to forget what the summer season is actually about. However! Help is at hand with the very first ‘Social Sports Month’, which will be kicking off this May with a variety of different events, not least of all ‘Society Sport’s Day’ which will see societies across campus going head to head in a series of events on the 16th of this month.Read more...
OPINION & ANALYSIS»The creation of an Armed Forces Day demonstrates a growing consciousness of the role of the military, and it is a step in the right direction in allowing us to honour their dedication. However, the notion that sacrifice somehow matters more when we’re at war is an uncomfortable one.Read more...
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Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Published 3rd May 2012
and other popular novels, occupies a somewhat paradoxical position in most people’s hearts. She is the literary equivalent of Marmite, and just like Marmite, I cannot decide whether I love or hate her.Read more...
Turning to horror
Published 3rd May 2012
. He suggests that "for the most part, a woman’s place in horror has been pretty well defined: she’s the victim, seen occasionally and heard only when she screams".Read more...
Hungry for The Hunger Games
Published 3rd May 2012
The Hunger Games bestselling books list for 135 weeks. With Collins also joining just five other authors who have sold over one million Amazon Kindle eBooks, The Harry Potter and Twilight.Read more...
Book Review - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Published 3rd May 2012
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Interpretation vs. Intention
Published 3rd May 2012
Here we stumble upon the interpretation/intention debate. We are all aware of the tension between the reader’s interpretation of a text and how the author intended it to be received.Read more...
A creative process in retrospect
Published 3rd May 2012
Isen & Eldar Isen & Eldar Ice and Fire, their personalities, interests and habits linked to the meanings of their names. I abandoned characters that did not further the narrative or express something specific.Read more...
I Am Legend: Vampire Novel of the Century
Published 3rd May 2012
Dracula, the original vampire thriller. TwilightInterview with a Vampire I Am Legend ...Read more...
So It Is - Novel by Surrey’s own Liam Murray Bell
Published 3rd May 2012
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Illiteracy said to be costing the UK economy £81 billion
Published 3rd May 2012
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Women still heavily under-represented in Literature
Published 19th Mar 2012
WOMEN STILL HEAVILY UNDER-REPRESENTATED IN LITERATURE Studies by Vida, an American organisation supporting Women in the Arts, reveal that press reviews of books are still by and about mainly male writers. Vida complied statistics from 2011’s editions of publications such as to name but a few (for full details please visit http://www.Read more...